Re: i4b security (Re: man reads /etc/rc.conf?)

1999-11-15 Thread Volker Stolz
On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 06:24:09PM +0100, Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: I'm not at all satisfied with the way password arguments to spppcontrol work currently. How about some /etc/sppp/{pap,chap}-secrets with restrictive permissions? So you could specify everything except the secrets with

i4b security (Re: man reads /etc/rc.conf?)

1999-11-13 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On 11 Nov, Harold Gutch wrote: Using command substitution in /etc/rc.conf{,.local} is NOT officially supported. I think it should have always been clear that there should _only_ be plain variable assignments. But with i4b you have to specify a username-password pair in rc.conf

Re: i4b security (Re: man reads /etc/rc.conf?)

1999-11-13 Thread Alexander Langer
Also sprach Alexander Leidinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): What about /etc/start_if.isp0? Yes, with permissions of u+r,go-rwx it´s more secure than the currently recommended way. Hellmuth? Will this be the new official way of configuring i4b? A second advantage: You can sh /etc/start_if.isp0

Re: i4b security (Re: man reads /etc/rc.conf?)

1999-11-13 Thread Hellmuth Michaelis
From the keyboard of Alexander Leidinger: But with i4b you have to specify a username-password pair in rc.conf (spppconfig_isp0) and I didn_t want to show it to every user (rc.conf is u+rw,g+r,o+r for reasons you mention). What about /etc/start_if.isp0? Yes, with permissions of